With the new virtue and vice law, the Taliban are on track to take the country back to the norms of their late 1990s rule.
Since coming into power forcefully three years ago, the Taliban have left no stone unturned to further strengthen their de facto rule over Afghanistan. The group has tightened their grip on the power, defying international pressure, and in the face of initial diplomatic isolation and economic sanctions.
Last week, the Taliban’s Ministry of Justice published its first formal vice and virtue law entitled, “Qanoon e Amr b’il Ma’ruf wa Nahi An alMunkar” which translates to the “Law on Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.” The official document, running more than 100 pages, consists of one preamble, four chapters, and 35 articles. It was ratified by the Taliban’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada.
The law is part of a vice and virtu
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